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MORPHOLOnv AXn PARASITISM OF RHIZOCTONIA. 



i)f scli'iotia ; in the roiiiainiiifj plant the apex In'oanie attacked. Tlie 

 diseased plants in the control pots were attacked both at the apex 

 and the base. It is impossible to say whet her all the cases of death 

 were due to infected seed, the three death.s in Pot (5 mav be due to 

 Rltlzodonia of cotton. At all events it appears from Pot 2 that 

 JiJtizoctoHid of cotton can attack ground nut. 



Experiment XIII. li/iizoclonid of ground nut on jute- 



Xo. of Dat« of 



plants in pot. | infection. 



6 I Wounded & infected. 

 '.i Infected Hithoiit wound. 



W.iuiidi'd not infected. 



I 'lint ml. 



Exferiment XIV. — Rhizoetoriia of ground nul on cotton {desi 

 seed) — 



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Remarks. 



Control. 



Sclerotia and hyphic de- 

 veli>[)ed, obtained pure 

 culture on incubating 

 diseased plants. 4-7-11. 



Wounded not infected. 



Wounded and infected. 

 One death due tu 

 Uliizoclonia. 



Control. 



Experiment XV. — Rhizoctonia of ground nut on cotton 

 (" khaki " seed) — 



Rhizoctonia of ground nut is slightly parasitic on cotton. 



